Question

Which of the following organic nutrients is not absorbed by capillaries in the intestinal glucose villi?
a. amino acid
b. galactose
c. glycerol

Answer 1

Amino acid is not absorbed by capillaries in the intestinal glucose Villi.....

Answer 2

A.) Amino acid is not absorbed by capillaries in the intestinal glucose villi.

Glucose absorption:

• The absorption of glucose takes place in the intestinal glucose villi by the capillaries present there.
• Galactose is the same nutrient as glucose with the same formula and structure just differing in some properties.
• Similarly, glycerol also has similar properties as glucose and is actually formed after glucose synthesis.
• Thus, we can say that galactose and glycerol are also absorbed by the capillaries in the intestinal glucose villi as these nutrients are synthesized there.
• Amino acids are also absorbed by the intestine but with the help of another ionic gradient by the process of hydrolysis of ATP molecules and totally in a different part of the intestine.

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